Adios Facebook

The recent revelations centered around Facebook and Cambridge Analytica compel me to bring this relationship to an end. Yes, Facebook, it is you.

Buggy iPad app

Buggy iPad messnger app

Only trolls are participating. Everyone I want to hear from is a lurker

You aided a hostile foreign power’s information warfare campaign directed at the US electorate, a campaign that probably resulted in the election of the worst US President ever.

You allowed an advertising client to plunder 50 million user’s profile information

Said advertising client left that information lying about on open or easily penetrated servers

So on Passover, the account goes.

References

This post seemed a bit of a rant so I decided to beef it up. Here are some of the references. All are of the multiple-sources, reference librarian checked, peer reviewed, and edited sort. I’ll leave it to you to follow the links, do the reading, and reach your own conclusions.